Trans Woman Shatters Female Weight Lifting Record in Canada
They broke the Canadian record by about 210 pounds.
Male powerlifter enters women’s event, breaks record
Canadian weighlifting coach Avi Silverberg self-identified as a woman for five minutes to break their record by more than 100 pounds.
Silverberg “mocked the discriminatory [Canadian Powerlifting Union] policy” that allows competitors to register for events under their “gender identity and expression, rather than their sex or gender,” vowing “no consequences” for doing so.
They broke the Canadian record by about 210 pounds.
Male powerlifter enters women’s event, breaks record
Canadian weighlifting coach Avi Silverberg self-identified as a woman for five minutes to break their record by more than 100 pounds.
Silverberg “mocked the discriminatory [Canadian Powerlifting Union] policy” that allows competitors to register for events under their “gender identity and expression, rather than their sex or gender,” vowing “no consequences” for doing so.
